Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four- and -twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie! When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing; Wasn't that a dainty dish To set before the king? The Little Girl's Own Book - Page 78by Lydia Maria Child - 1847 - 288 pagesFull view - About this book
| Robert Walsh - American literature - 1827 - 674 pages
...that is not familiar with the following epic specimen .' — " Sing a song of sixpence, a pocketful of rye, Four-and-twenty blackbirds baked in a pie, When the pie was open'd the birds began to sing; Wasn't this a dainty dish to set before a King?"— 44d Gastronomy... | |
| Nursery rhymes - 1833 - 154 pages
...Mew, mew mew, — and Robin flew away. Sing a song of sixpence, a bag full of rye, Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie : When the pie was opened, the birds began to sing ; And wasn't this a dainty dish to set before the king ? The king was in the parlour, counting out... | |
| Tasmania - 1834 - 502 pages
...fly out, when it is cut up. " I'll sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye ; Four and twenty blackbirds, Bak-ed in a pie : When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing ; And was not that a dainty dish, To place before a King ? NI'RSERY RHYME, We recommend the following... | |
| John Bellenden Ker - English language - 1837 - 316 pages
...labourer, has been explained. 32.—Sing a song of six-pence A pocket full of rye, Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. When the pie was opened The birds began to sing ; And was'nt this a dainty dish To set before a king ? The king was in the parlour Counting out his... | |
| English wit and humor - 1852 - 570 pages
...When the gold fails the digging 'aa bore, And away go the diggers to look for some more. AIB — " Sing a Song of Sixpence." Sing a Song of Sixpence, a pocket full of gold, In four-and-twenty hours you've a fortune there I'm told : When you 've stayed a fortnight you're... | |
| Dame Goslin (pseud.) - Children's rhymes - 1851 - 110 pages
...couldn't without I could, could I ? Could you without you could, could ye ? SING a song of sixpence, A bag full of rye ; Four-and-twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie ; When the pie was open'd, The birds began to sing; Was not that a dainty dish To set before the king ? The king was in... | |
| John Selby Watson - Classicists - 1861 - 468 pages
...splendid volume, he exclaimed, in the hearing of several friends, I sing a song of sixpence, A pocket-full of rye, Four-and-twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie : When the pie was open'd The birds began to sing : And was not this a dainty dish To set before a king ? The review is... | |
| 302 pages
...Follow me, Full of glee, Singing merrily. Siso a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye, Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing ; And was not that a dainty dish, To set before a king ? The king was iu his counting-house, Count... | |
| Henry Drury - English poetry - 1865 - 424 pages
...атго теуоис ¿pvidiov, TT¡V те píva T^S raXatVijs ¥X£T' *" P^V E. С. Н. SX jèong of Sixpence, SING a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye : Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie: When the pie was opened The birds began to sing; Was not... | |
| Richard Lane Freer - Archdeacons - 1866 - 316 pages
...perchance, we have stigmatized as absurd — "Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye, Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. When the pie was opened The birds began to sing, And was not this a dainty dish To set before a King ? " But if we think this strange, what shall we... | |
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